May 24, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of a united Jerusalem. In honor of this occasion, the Afikim Foundation, in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, is launching the Jerusalem50 Global Unity Torah, a global movement that celebrates a reunited Jerusalem with acts of kindness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Global Unity Torah will provide Jews worldwide an unprecedented communal platform to do good and inspire goodness in others,\u201d said Rabbi Raphael Butler, founder of the Afikim Foundation. To purchase a letter, the currency is not in dollars but in acts of kindness.<\/p>\n
Individuals and families from all walks of Jewish life will unite with organizations, congregations, agencies, schools and Jewish groups from all corners of the globe to \u201cpurchase\u201d their letter(s) in the Torah with acts of chesed<\/em> (kindness).<\/p>\n With an interactive site in five languages, jerusalem50.org, a social media campaign, pamphlets designed and published in five languages, wall hangings of the sites of Jerusalem set to display in communities around the world, and a traveling exhibition on Jerusalem, the Jerusalem50 movement is set to launch.<\/p>\n \u201cAs an innovative incubator, Afikim is where profound Jewish ideas take flight, and we envision Jerusalem50 having a poignant and lasting impact on the Jewish people,\u201d said Butler. \u201cBy using kindness as an impetus for change and Jerusalem as a uniting factor, we can transform our world.\u201d<\/p>\n